I read an article just now on a new law that has been passed in India, and I have to admit that it just baffles me.
Here's a link to the article.
To briefly outline: The age of consent has been raised from 16 to 18. Any sexual act/penetration is thus illegal.
Just... What is this supposed to accomplish? Teenagers do get hormonal. You're 17 and happily in love... All it'll do is make teenagers into criminals. And should it really be illegal if they're around the same age and both consenting? It's supposedly to protect teens from pregnancy, STDs and rape. But all these things will still happen - only that those teens who didn't really do anything wrong are going to end up in prison for several months. The article points out that it's a law that the police could easily abuse to harass teens and imo, that's what is going to happen.
Of course teen pregnancy/unprotected sex is a bad thing. Which is why they should have sex ed in schools.
I wonder if they think it's a good idea, honestly, or if they see it as a way of bothering teens and making money (via fines).
Ugh. I feel so sorry for the kids. I'm not saying that it's absolutely necessary to have sex before 18, but it should be up to them. And now it's so easy to make a mistake that lands you in so much trouble...
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